Incumbent mayor Gelacio Manalang won the elections, securing him to serve his second three-year term as the mayor of Tarlac City.
Manalang defeated former mayor Genaro Mendoza, former city administrator and health officer Jerome Lapeña, and incumbent 2nd district provincial board member Danilo Asiaten.
Tañedo defeated incumbent city councilor Ana Aguas by a wide margin.
[1] In the city council elections, Mendoza's Team Magsikap (LP-NPC) coalition won seven seats while Manalang's Tuloy Sigla coalition got three seats.
The candidates for mayor and vice mayor with the highest number of votes wins the seat; they are voted separately, therefore, they may be of different parties when elected.